the end of wages

While I cannot disagree with the validity any of these
statements, they all dance around the edges of the issue. The problem is not
the level of wages, but the wage system itself. A worker who receives a wage – no
matter how large or small – is being robbed. When one labors – i.e. contributes
to the production of goods or services – one should receive the fruits of said
labor. However, under this capitalist construct in which workers are exploited
for our labor, an hourly wage or an annual salary is paid – only after the
capitalists have pillaged the wealth created by the very same workers. Thus is
the modern wage system. Even when a worker is paid seemingly handsomely – say
six or seven figures – they’re still being robbed due to the fact that they’re
producing more wealth than they take home. This reality holds true for the
migrant farmers who provide our sustenance, as well as the millionaire athletes
who entertain the masses.

Many different reforms have been suggested, attempted and
even accomplished; everything from establishing and repeatedly raising the
minimum wage to putting limits on executive salaries and corporate profits.
Obviously, these measures have failed – as extreme poverty, income inequality
and wealth disparity have not only continued, but exponentially increased.

The solution is found in an entirely new paradigm of thought
and action; one in which the wage system is abolished entirely. The Free World
Charter has offered us a beautiful blueprint for a more just, prosperous
economic future – without money. The Venus Project, as well as The Zeitgeist
Movement, also advocates programs of economic equality. Humanity has proven
capable of countless things once thought to be mere utopian dreams. And it is
in that spirit of imagination, capacity and determination through which we will
establish economic justice for the entire global proletariat.